Vertebrata. 



Family Fistulariidae. 



Gill ( 6 ) gives diagnoses of the families Aulorhynchidae, Aulostomidae, Fistu- 

 lariidae, and Macrorhamphosidae p 159-164. 



Family Centriscidae. 

 Notes on the family Amphisilidae by Gill ( 6 ) p 164. 



Amphisile finschi n. New Britain ; Hilgendorf p 52. 



Family Ophiocephalidae. 

 Ophiocephalus insignis n. Ogooue ; Sauvage ( r p 195 pi. 5 fig. 3. 



Family Labyrinthici. 



Trichopus cantoris Cant, is described by Sauvage ( 4 ) p 218. 

 Betta bellica n. Perak ; id. p 217 woodcut. 



Family Trachypteridae. 



Trachyplerus crislalus Bonelli is described by Facciola ( 2 ). 



Jtcffalecus argenteus n. Otago, New Zealand; Parker ( 3 ) p 284-297 pis. 23 and 24. 



Order Acantliopterygii Pkaryugogiiatlii. 

 Family Pomacentridae. 



Ampkiprion arion n. South Seas; De Vis ( 2 ) p 451. 



Pomacentrus onyx n. South Seas., notattis n. New Britain, niomatus n. p 451 and tri- 



fasciaius n. p 452, probably South Sea Islands; id. 

 Gb/pJtidodonpallidusn. Bank's Group, and amabilis n. South Seas Islands ; id. p 452. 



The same author p 453 has notes on a specimen said to be intermediate between 



assimilis and uniocettatus Q. & G. 



Family L a b r i d a e . 



Jordan & Swain (*) have published a contribution towards an exact know- 

 ledge of the American Scari, in which 14 species are described and the life colours 

 given of each. A key is added by which they may be easily identified. 



Scarus virginalis n. Havana; (= S. vetula C. & V. = Pseudoscarus psittacus Gthr. 

 Cope, etc.); id. p 88. 



Sparisoma lorito n. p 95, Havana, cyanolene n. p 98, and xystrodon n. p 99, Key 

 West; id. 



Cryptotomus beryllinus n. Havana; id. p 101. 



Restates n. Anterior canines |. posterior ; laterals confluent, with distinct serra- 

 tion; base of dorsal not scaly ; 12 dorsal spines. Differs from Decodon in the ab- 

 sence of a posterior canine, and from Semicossyphus in the serrations of the dental 

 ridge. For purpurascens 11. South Seas; De Vis ( 2 j p 453. 



Doratonotus thalassinus n. Key West. Florida; Jordan & Gilbert ( 2 ) p 28. 



Cymolutes sandeyeri n. Tiritiri Island, Auckland; Hector (*} p 323. 



"Xyrichthys psittacus L. (= Coryphaena lineata Gnielin : notes by Goode & Bean 

 p 45 - - rosipes n. Key West, Florida; Jordan & Gilbert ( 2 ) p 27. 



Olistherops brownii n. Tasmania; Johnston p 193. 



